Fare recording and receipt device



1 s. DAVIS 13745823 FARE nnconnme AND RECEIPT mzvrca' Sept. 2, 1930;

Filed March 30, 1929 INVENTOR 0Z6 ATTbRusni Patented Septle 2, 1930 MJOHNS E; Dav s, on COLUMBUS, onto. j

rARE'aEoorwrrrG AND aEcEIrrnEvIcE Application-filed March 30, 132 91 Ser ia1jlll"o.l31,353.

This invention relates to recording and receipt devices for use in tlXlCZLbSTGlttlVG to the fares collected by the driver.

It is an object of this lnventionjto provide 5 a device from which the driver can accurately issue a receipt for the amountpaid by the passenger on each trip and for. also recordlng'the number of trips and the amounts;

charged for each respective trip;

AnOtherobject-iS to provide a receipt pad carrier from which the're'spec't ive fare sheets may be accurately and neatly torn off for is suance toithe passenger, and thestubof the pad retained in the cab asa record, thereby rendering the driver accountable for the f amounts indicated thereon, andin thisway protecting the passenger'against overcharge.

Other features relate to the particular construction of the holder, as, the padattach ment means and the mounting of the slidable for movement over the face of the pad.)

Further objects and advantages y will be accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the fare cording and receipt devicev v c Figure 2 is a front view thereof. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on 3-3, Figure 2. v. 7 r i ,The device described in general comprises a'base plate adapted to be secured to the frame of the cab, a receipt pad secured to the base of the plate, and a pad retaining element slidably mountedon -the plate along the length and over the face of the pad and having a tearing edge adapted toregister a with the various price, charge markings on I the sheetsof, the pad, enabling thedriver to.

tear off a portion of the uppermost sheets as a receipt to the passenger, with the remainder of the sheet remaining on the pad as a stub to be turned in after all the receipts are is-- sued.

50 to the driver. A pair of guide rails 7 is prorail's. e retainer or tearing edge relative to the frarne p v r r p n v I plate 13, the edge la thereo'f, 'dispose'd 'to'warfd more fully set forth in the description of the line thereof. The outer ends ofthese arms are of saddle formation providing 'semicircular'pon 7 ti ons'19 engaging and fitting the 'undersideof'j e,

"the round bar rails. The spring clip 15 fis ientfsiz-e and knurled for ease in grasping the a Referring to the drawings and describing, the device in detail, the base plate thereof is extending across the lower face of the I Plate, These rails are disposed'in' spacedparallel relation and are formed of roundbar 'met alg'being'also spacediaway from the plate by lnturning the ends S thereofand riveting the same to the plate. I i

* Pad is, P we he i iai s' against the face of the plate a d bei g- "elongatedforin extends longitudinally theres between. One endof the pad'is secured to 601 the plate, thisend constituting the record or V stub portion of the padf Thestubend-Of the f I pad is secu'redto the plate by vmeans of studs lO'e'Xtending out from the plate and travers-" 'ing "apertures in the and 'knurled nuts 1 screwed on the studs against the facefo'f thel. H pad. The other or freeend of the pad is held lfirmly against the plateby means of a spring urgedretainer 12slidablyjrelatedlto the guide 1' This retainer device IQ'Com pris es the free end of'the pad,"constituting-atears Ling edge. This plate extends transversefto; "the rails and thereunder, andisfheld'agamst theface of the pad by means ofa-spiingclip 1'5;-#The=sp ing clip is secured medially of the plate by means of a headed nut 16 and has upwardly extending armsIS at eachjsiide I sprung into'position under the rails and the arms are therefore under compressmnagamst;

uided relation relative to th e -p'ad' by means ofthe head 17 of therivet which is offc o'n'vensame; I My The pad, has the price range markings illustrated as ext-endingfin this illustration) from thirty-five cents to three dollars, with cross lines 20 representing the points at which to place 'the tearing edge of," the pad'retain 5 ing device. T he stub or retained end of thepad" has the requisite insignia (driver and date) thereon, and thesame is'true of the' outer or receipt end of thefpad. a

.;When the passenger'pays the cab driver,; loo

the rails. The'device is. manipulated-in its the cab driver moves the pad retaining de vice to dispose the tearing edge along the line of the particular price charged for the service. The free end of the top strip of the pad is then torn T1 and givento the passenger. Thus, the amount paid is indicated on theistrip issued to the passenger and this amountcomputed from the amount indicated on the. stub .retained'on the pad. The passenger isthen' assured that there is no overcharge-and receives. a definite receipt forhis money.

The pad, when all the i free ends thereof i have been'torn off, is turned in to the taxicab company and the number of strips on the pad determines the number of trips the driver has made, and from the readings on the extreme end ofeach'strip the amount received for eachtrip'lnay be determined. A light 21 is'shown secured to the baseplate above the pad for lighting up the device and making the samevisible at night. a The device is ex- .used pad from positionlonthe tremelyeasy to refill, it merely being neces sary to'loosen the knurled nuts andslip the studs and slip another into place. i

Having described my invention, Iclaim: 1. Avreco'rding and receipt device, comprising, aplate, a sheet pad having a printed price scale arranged longitudinally thereof,

thereof andthereby engageable over said studs, nuts for securing said pad on said studs, rails on said plate disposed longitudi nally ofsaidpad, one at each side thereof, a

plate disposecltrans'versely to the face of said pad, and a springclip secured to the face of said plate and having arms slidably engaged under the respective rails, sa d arms having semicircular ends encirclingthe underside of i said rails foraligningthe device'for longitudinal movement, whereby the edgeof said platejmay beused asa tearing edge against Which the desired price .marking may be alignedand the sheet torn, and the plate retaining the loose end of the pad in position. I i Y 2. A recording and receipt device, comprising, aplate, a receipt pad, means for attaching one end o f's'aid pad to the plate, rails onsaid plate disposed longitudinally at each side of said pad,"a plate disposedtransversely overthe face of said pad, and a spring clip engaging the face of said plate, the ends thereof under spring engagement against the respective rails, whereby the edge of said plate maybe used as a tearing edge against which the free end'of, the uppermost sheet of the pad may be torn, and the plate retaining the loose end of the pad in position;

a In a device of the class described, a.

frame, arpair of spaced apart parallel rails mounted onsaidfra'me, an elongated sheet padadapted to be disposed longitudinally of vposition along the top sheet of the pad.

' In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

' JOHN E. DAVIS.

, studs extending fromthe face of'said plate, saidpad having apertures through one end 

